Starring waters beloved regular cast the dreamlanders including david lochary, mary vivian pearce, mink stole, edith massey, and cookie mueller, multiple. Multiple maniacs 1970 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Heavily influenced by the manson family murders, waters creates this film about a band of murdering, sideshow freaksperformers who travel from town to town robbing and murdering their rich,nosy customers. Rewatched this film after 28 years im so fucking old because im meeting john waters in about a week as part of the provincetown film festival. This feels like a waters hangout movie kind of capturing the weirdo scene and petty love squabbles and flophouse grind in baltimore at the time.
Multiple maniacs grimy cinematography, bonkers performances and showstopping turn from regular collaborator divine make this indispensable viewing for aficionados of the strange, the surreal and. Lady divines life turns upside down when her boyfriend cheats on her, sending her into a rage that flings her into a downward spiral of murder and depravity. There arent many films considered shocking in the 1970s that retain their scandalous reputation almost 50 years later, but this movie may be the exception. Multiple maniacs is a 1970 independent american black comedy horror film composed, shot, edited, written, produced, and directed by john waters, as his second feature film and first talkie. Why multiple maniacs might be john waters masterpiece. Multiple maniacs is a 1970 independent american black comedy horror film composed, shot, edited, written, produced, and directed by john waters, as his.
Feast your eyes on john waterss lost trashterpiece, multiple. Jun 06, 2016 to be notified when multiple maniacs becomes available on bluray, it says simply submit your email below. Multiple maniacs 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A traveling sideshow called the cavalcade of perversion draws in and terrorizes unsuspecting spectators. Thank divine, no restoration can scrub john waters multiple. Mcfarlane movie maniacs film texas chainsaw massacre leatherface figure new card may have slight wear from age. Mcfarlane movie maniacs film texas chainsaw massacre. One can see how the loose framework of a story about a cavalcade of perversion, a wandering group of thieves that attract curious audiences to rob them of their valuables, was a testing ground for what is. The film starts in an exhibit, lady divines cavalcade of perversions which is really just a front to rob its unwilling audience members and follows lady. Multiple maniacs is a subversive movie atrocity that cries out to be seen to be believed. The film society of lincoln center will celebrate legendary director and personality john waterss five decades in filmmaking with a complete retrospective, the first in the united states. Despite the criterion cleanup, there is still some occasional grain on the picture i tend to view this as warm and comforting grain. Multiple maniacs bluray disc, 2017, criterion collection. Edith massey in multiple maniacs 1970 divine and david lochary in multiple maniacs.
The theatrical and criterion bluray rerelease of multiple maniacs 1970, john waters merry but dark descent into post1960s lsd, manson inspired comedown, and religious expurgation, is a. I havent had that much fun watching a film in a while. Batman the complete history is more than a coffee table book its a reference book that is packed with knowledge and information that only batman fans can expect which is excellent. My personal devotion to waters aside, though, multiple maniacs is still an. Multiple maniacs dvd, 2017, criterion collection for sale. In this john waters classic, heavyweight transvestite divine. Mar 18, 2020 mink stole on the inside story of john waters greatest films mink stole is one of only two actors to appear in every feature film made by john waters from multiple maniacs to pink flamingos, female trouble and more.
Neal adams a great writer has personified batman in which at times makes out to being the very evil that he is fighting a brawler. Now would be a really good time for a new john waters movie. Mar 17, 2017 evaluating multiple maniacs against its contemporaries is a curious task. Multiple maniacs is a strange and outrageous film from john waters. Find out when and where you can watch multiple maniacs on tv with the full listings schedule at. Multiple maniacs official trailer john waterss second feature film and the first with ambient sound, multiple maniacs is a draggedout affair with some choice moments.
Multiple maniacs spine number 863 arrives on one bluray disc in a clear keepcase with an insert and a doublesided cover featuring a striking cover. Watch multiple maniacs 1970 full movie free online streaming. Multiple maniacs is a 1970 american comedy film by american cult filmmaker john waters. John waters says all of his films are completely politically correct. With divine, david lochary, mary vivian pearce, mink stole. His first featurelength sound film, multiple maniacs 1970, begins with lady divines cavalcade of perversions, a tentset peep show dedicated to the exhibition of fetishes, sex acts, and other misbehaviors. John waters 1970 second fulllength film also borrows from ingmar bergmans sawdust and tinsel and tod brownings freaks as well as demonstrating a fondness for john cassavetes affected naturalism. The timeless criterion menu fits perfectly with a clip of the film and some of the great music, and provides the choice to watch the film, navigate the timeline, select scenes and check out the. The film is about a drag queen who leads a troupe of sideshow freaks who present a show where they invite people and rob them but things get a little bit more violent eventually leading to its leader going on a killing spree after being betrayed by her boyfriend. John waterss second feature film and the first with ambient sound, multiple maniacs is a draggedout affair with some choice moments. Multiple maniacs official trailer from janus films on vimeo. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world.
Yesterday, the gawker office was graced with the presence of legendary director john waters, whos promoting the rerelease of his 1970 movie multiple maniacs. The american film institute is grateful to sir paul getty kbe and the sir paul getty kbe estate for their dedication to the art of the moving image and their support for the afi catalog of feature films and without whose support afi would not have been able to achieve this historical landmark in this epic scholarly endeavor. The leader of the troupe of misfits is lady divine, who goes out. Multiple maniacs nude scenes 24 images and 11 videos including appearances from mink stole susan lowe cookie mueller. You know the typeif you suggest seeing a movie, they rush straight to metacritic before committing to anything. And multiple maniacs may be his most thrilling film. In this john waters classic, heavyweight transvestite divine stars as the maniacal head of a group of murderous kidnappers. Jun 07, 20 pink flamingos is a 1972 american transgressive comedy film directed by john waters.
This remaster is a revelation not the full five stars as the film frankly isnt waters best. Multiple maniacs, the filmmakers first syncsound feature, is the work of a sick imagination, though perhaps not quite as vomitous as his followup, pink flamingos, in which his leading lady the crossdressing marvel known as divine eats a dog turd as in, she chews and swallows an actual piece of canine excrement. Bent on ridding society of its most boring element, suburbanites, divine and company tour under the guise of. Multiple maniacs is a bizarre movie that takes place on a cold day in baltimore, maryland and tells the story of lady divine and her gang of freaks. Critiquing a film like multiple maniacs comes with its own set of challenges, not the least of which is discussing how unpolished it is compared to john waters work much later on. Multiple maniacs is a bizarre movie that takes place on a cold day in. Its perhaps best known as the movie with the scene in which a giant lobster rapes divine. For his second feature, waters and his muse, divine, take you on a perverse journey through their native baltimore.
Mar 16, 2017 anarchic filmmaking at its most tasteless and beguiling, multiple maniacs gives us a healthy dose of early john waters as his filmmaking interests and stock company performers were coalescing. David lochary, who have a traveling freak show called the cavalcade of perversions, which is a front for robbing and killing spectators. Multiple maniacs 1970 was waters second feature length film. Waters 1970 bmovie about outsiders, a freak show and lobster sex is as gleefully subversive another time round. Mink stole on the inside story of john waters greatest films. Not rated 1h 23min horror, drama 20 march 1964 usa six people are lured into a small deep south town for a centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the towns. The film shares a handheld visual style akin to john cassavetess faces, an interest in sexual subcultures shared by paul morrisseys flesh, and foreshadows the violent conflict between a mansonlike crew and a suburban family in wes cravens the last house on the.
Susan lowe, george figgs, and cookie mueller, multiple maniacs is an anarchic masterwork from an artist who has doggedly tested the limits of good taste for. Le film multiple maniacs 1970 vostfr admin 20170503t21. One of john waters first feature length films, multiple maniacs exemplifies his early freewheeling, crimetransgressiontrash obsessed, deranged story lines and diy aesthetic. Multiple maniacs, 1970 this was the first movie where we had actual dialogue. It features several actors who were part of the dreamland acting troupe for waters films, including divine, mary vivian pearce, david lochary, mink stole, edith massey, george figgs, and cookie mueller. The film had its first opening at a church in baltimore.
Multiple maniacs is now playing in new york at the ifc center, and other select theaters. Multiple maniacs 1970 is quite possibly the trashiest and most tasteless film to get the criterion treatment. The badtaste auteur revisits his newly restored multiple maniacs and looks back at the early days of his film career. The film is a monument to bad taste, but the bad taste is presented with such original wit that it impossible to imagine how audiences in 1970 reacted when they were confronted with this for the first time. Multiple maniacs is far from the most polished movie ever made. John waters interview my films are politically correct. If youre itching for something subversive, or just looking for a fun flick to celebrate pride month, look no further than john waters 1970 film multiple maniacs. Mar 24, 2017 multiple maniacs 1970 with criterion collections release of multiple maniacs on bluray, its hard to argue that we are not living in one of the best times to be a film fan. The films of john waters come direct from the counterculture, but their target audience has always been a more conservative crowd. Starring lady divine, its a celluloid whirlwind of senseless violence, sexual perversion and. Aug 01, 2016 evaluating multiple maniacs against its contemporaries is a curious task.
This criterion collection bluray release certainly offers a nearpristine glimpse at one of the filmmakers earliest feature film efforts and is sure. Watch multiple maniacs 1970 full movie free online. Starring waters beloved regular cast the dreamlanders including david lochary, mary vivian pearce, mink stole, susan lowe, george figgs. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Long relegated to bootlegs of wavering quality, criterions rerelease, alongside an accompanying limited theatrical run, marks the most complete, wide. John waters explains that infamous divinelobster scene in. Multiple maniacs opens with the main characters luring suburbanites to see a cavalcade of perversion, full of pukeeaters, whores, and actual queers kissing.
Multiple maniacs stands as a high watermark in camp and gay culture. The cavalcade of perversion was actually filmed at johns parents house i dont know if they particularly approved, but they let him use the house and the yard. It is a remake of the 1964 film two thousand maniacs. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. The supporting cast consists of the classic john waters regulars, so if you havent seen this film before, go about renting it or purchasing it. Multiple maniacs john waters, usa, 1970, 16mm, 90m. Divine, mink stole, mary vivian pearce, david lochary, edith massey, cookie mueller. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Multiple maniacs also nods to the title of herschell gordon lewis 1964 protogore movie two thousand maniacs. Born and raised in baltimore, waters rose to prominence in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including multiple maniacs 1970, pink flamingos 1972, and female trouble 1974. Multiple maniacs 1970 stars lady divine divine who fronts a traveling show called lady divines cavalcade of perversions, but its actually a front of a group of psychotic and sexy kidnappers. Even in the 90s, seeing multiple maniacs 1970waters second feature.
Mink stole really wore her religious whore look in everyday life, and we catch glimpses of the apartment she shared with waters complete with posters for boom. But the rerelease of one of his earliest feature films, 1970s multiple maniacs, feels particularly prescient today, offering a snapshot of a time in which the us was in the midst of a wave of. Starring members of waters beloved regular cast, the dreamlanders including david lochary, mary vivian pearce, mink stole, susan lowe, edith massey, george figgs, and cookie mueller, multiple maniacs is an anarchic masterwork from an artist who has doggedly tested the limits of good taste for decades. Cast and crew credits for multiple maniacs, 1970, directed by john waters, with divine, david lochary, mary vivian pearce, at turner classic movies. Shot in grainy black and white, multiple maniacs was waters second feature film, after 1969s mondo trasho. When the film was initially released, it caused a huge degree of controversy and thus became one of the most. Multiple maniacs centers on a traveling entertainment called lady divines cavalcade of. The film is distributed by lions gate entertainment. Jul 12, 2016 feast your eyes on the first trailer for the criterion collections new restoration of the filma revival that has waters himself crowing, finally, multiple maniacs looks like a bad john. It was his second feature film, after mondo trasho, and the last one shot in black and white. Multiple maniacs poster on sale at westgate gallery i wonder how many film snobs are out there who buy every single new bluray released by the criterion collection as a kind of cliff notes subscription to impeccable taste in cinema. And also, the ending of this film is one of the most surreal movie watching experiences i have ever had. Was going to rewatch female trouble as well but just read that a criterion version is releasing on 626. Yet, as superman, the complete history shows, the man of steel has also made a lasting impact in comic strips, film, toys, tv, radio, and even on broadway.
Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Shop multiple maniacs criterion collection dvd 1970 at best buy. Black comedy, crime, queer cinema, exploitation, satire, grossout comedy. John waterss early film multiple maniacs at alamo drafthouse. Starring members of waters beloved regular cast, the dreamlanders including david lochary, mary vivian pearce, mink stole, susan lowe, edith massey, george figgs, and cookie mueller, multiple maniacs is an anarchic masterwork from an artist who has doggedly tested the limits of. Lady divine becomes enraged when her boyfriend cheats on her, and descends into a life of murder and mayhem. Sex comedy takes a look at contemporary dating mores and hypothesizes that the new dating location may be the dog walk in the park. I mean, i saw multiple maniacs with an audience for the first time at the provincetown film festival this summer and it still works.
Starring waterss beloved regular cast the dreamlanders, including david lochary, edith massey, cookie mueller, and mink stole, multiple maniacs is an anarchist masterwork from an artist who has doggedly tested the limits of taste for decades. The audio was recorded in mono, and some of the lines can be a bit difficult to hear properly. Multiple maniacs movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. The leader of the troupe of misfits is lady divine, who goes out for blood after discovering her lovers affair. Multiple maniacs is a 1970 horrorcrimecomedy film directed by john waters.
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